Learn more

Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro signed a degree banning all coal exports to Israel to pressure Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government into putting an end to the war on Gaza. The decree was published on the presidential website dated 14 August and comes as the Gaza death toll has surpassed 40,000. Colombia is one of the biggest fossil fuel suppliers to Israel, with Petro taking to social media on Sunday to clarify that he will no longer allow for thermal coal to be used for making Israeli bombs dropped on Palestinians. “Who said it is unconstitutional to stop exporting coal t…